The Brief

President Obama will unveil regulations to curtail greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and eventually revamp the energy industry, which he bills as "the biggest, most important step" ever taken to address climate change

A Zimbabwe conservation group retracted its claim that Jericho, Cecil the lion's brother, had been killed by hunters—even as officials in the country said a second American citizen illegally killed another lion several months ago

Vice President Joe Biden's associates have resumed discussions about a 2016 presidential run after largely shelving such deliberations while his son was sick and dying earlier this year. But Biden has yet to tell his staff whether he will run

Mission: Impossible is still box office gold. Rogue Nation debuted to a solid $56 million this weekend, exceeding expectations and outstripping everything else in theaters. Meanwhile, Vacation opened with an undercooked $14.9 million for the weekend

The Florida Republican warned GOP donors in Orange County of a pending apocalypse. “I don’t think any of us wants to live in a country where a radical Shiite cleric in Tehran can have a nuclear weapon ... that can hit where we are sitting right now," he said

This capture of around 20 rebel fighters was a cataclysmic event for the division and a serious blow for the U.S. train and equip program, which will now certainly face steeper challenges in recruiting new fighters and maintaining their morale

A huge wildfire west of Sacramento spanned 46,000 acres, up from 27,000 acres the previous evening. The Rocky Fire was just 5% contained, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

Compton: A Soundtrack, which arrives over a decade after his 1999 album 2001, will be out Friday on Apple Music, the rapper and producer has revealed. The album was inspired by the upcoming biopic Straight Outta Compton

Chinese investigators discovered over 5,300 bottles suspected of being tainted with sildenafil, the chemical name for Viagra, during a routine inspection of the two distilleries in the southern city of Liuzhou

Desperate conditions in France's sprawling migrant camps—the ones in Calais are known as "the Jungle"—drive more migrants to seek a future across the Channel in England, but many remain in the crowded camps for months or years

Officials said they would seek help from territories near the island where a suspected piece of the missing Malaysia Airlines jet was discovered to try to find more plane debris, as a reported second discovery turned out to be unrelated to the Boeing 777

About 150 Confederate flag supporters rallied in North Carolina, and others in Georgia, to challenge the growing numbers of elected officials and public figures who want the flag consigned to history as they consider it a symbol of slavery and segregation